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SEO and web performance: What to measure and how to optimize

Speed Curve

The metrics that comprise Web Vitals are still evolving. These metrics will (I think) always be in a state of evolution. We need to do our best to stay up to date – not just with which metrics to track, but also with what they measure and why they're important. Which performance metrics should you focus on for SEO?

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The average web page is 3MB. How much should we care?

Speed Curve

Because the average page is now 3MB in size, and this seems like a good time to pause, check our assumptions, and ask ourselves: Is there any reason to care about page size as a performance metric? And if we don't consider page size a meaningful metric, then what should we care about? Not all pages are getting bigger.

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Draft FAQ: Why does the C++ standard ship every three years?

Sutter's Mill

We are on our planned course and speed: Fixing bugs is the purpose of this final year, and it’s why this schedule set the feature freeze deadline for C++“20” in early “19” (Kona), to leave a year to fix bugs including to get a round of international comments this summer. Of course, and no. So far, we’ve been right most of the time.

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2021

Alex Russell

The scale of the effect can be deeply situational or hard to suss out without solid metrics. Since then, the metrics conversation has moved forward significantly, culminating in Core Web Vitals , reported via the Chrome User Experience Report to reflect the real-world experiences of users. " package. Tap for a larger version.

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World’s Top Web Performance Leaders To Watch

Rigor

list of those who are making a significant impact on speeding up the web today. Developers representing hundreds of companies work together at these meetups to become masters in performance metrics and the latest trends in measuring site speed.) We at Rigor respect many web performance leaders around the world. Rachel Andrew.

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The “Developer Experience” Bait-and-Switch

Alex Russell

Few teams I’ve encountered have actionable metrics associated with the real experiences of their users. What’s new is JavaScript; or rather, the amount we’re applying to solve our problems: Median mobile sites have gone from ~50KB of JS in 2011 to more than 350KB today. And they do.

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Using Modern Image Formats: AVIF And WebP

Smashing Magazine

Key user-centric metrics often depend on the size, number, layout, and loading priority of images on the page. Assuming encode/decode speeds meet your needs. Smaller file size directly impacts the Largest contentful Paint (LCP) metric for the page as image resources needed by the page get loaded faster. Encode/Decode Speed.